Happy New Year from the Immersive Technology Alliance! While future computing as demonstrated by technologies like AR, VR, MR, 3D and more represent a long committed path with exciting twists and turns, the rewards are really something to look forward to. Here’s to the path and another year forward!

Next week is the Intel Buzz Workshop! This is a one day event that is jam packed with talks, panels, and leading international expertise. It’s also a good place to get a snapshot of the latest gaming titles which will be featured during their evening reception.

Some of the top brands speaking include Intel, Technicolor, Survios, Blueprint Reality, Confetti Software, Oculus, and more! ITA Advisory Board Member and CEO of M2 Insights Wanda Meloni will also be speaking. The Immersive Technology Alliance is proud to be a media partner for the event.

Ajay Fry, Host of Innerspace on Space Channel, dropped by Immersed to check out all kinds of new immersive technology on the show floor. Samples of other participating media included Wifi Hifi Magazine and Tom’s Hardware. More to come!

Immersed is the flagship conference for the Immersive Technology Alliance and is the place where the market leaders regularly get together on the East Coast. Sample speakers this year included Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Google, IBM, Lytro, Jon Peddie Research, The Khronos Group, Chosen Realities, HP, and countless more.

Special thanks to Intel for being the Premier Sponsor for this year’s Immersed! Couldn’t have done it without them.

Taking place October 19-21, 2017 at the Ontario Science Centre, Immersed will deliver the most senior and sought after executive B2B access possible. The Immersive Technology Alliance is very proud to reveal two additional speakers for Immersed 2017: Canada’s leading event for all things immersive.

Habib Zargarpour, Visual Effects Supervisor

Habib Zargarpour was most recently Visual Effects Consultant for Blade Runner 2049. He is a repeat BAFTA Visual Effects Award Winner and a double Academy Award Nominee. Mr. Zargarpour developed a Real Time Visual Effects system used in the Jungle Book and Ready Player One. Sample films credited with his name include The Perfect Storm, Signs, The Bourne Identity, Star Wars: Episode I, Star Trek: First Contact, Twister, and countess more. He was formerly Partner Director of Visuals at Microsoft Studios and was responsible for visuals across all Publishing titles for XBOX One, Windows, and Hololens. He also had a tenured career at Electronic Arts. Read More